رمان

See also: زمان‎

Arabic

رُمَّان

Etymology

Uncertain direct and ultimate source, not Semitic. Compare Hebrew רימון \ רִמּוֹן‎ (rimmṓn) and Aramaic רִימֹּונָא‎ / רִמֹּונָא‎‎ (rimmōnā‎) /‎‎ רוּמָּנָא‎‎ /‏ ܪܘܡܢܐ‎ (rummānā), Ge'ez ሮማን (roman), Akkadian 𒄑𒈢𒆳𒊏 (/armannu/). Other orders of the consonants: Sumerian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR₂-MA /nurma/, “pomegranate”), Akkadian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR₂-MA /nurmû/), Akkadian 𒇻𒆸𒌅 (/lurmû, lurimtu, lurinnu/, “pomegranate”), Hurrian [Term?] (/nuranti/, “pomegranate”), Hittite [Term?] (/nurmû/, “pomegranate”), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎗𐎎𐎐 (lrmn, “pomegranate”), Persian ‎ (nâr, anâr, “pomegranate”).
Likely from Semitic: Egyptian [Term?] (/alhammān/) > Demotic hrnt > ⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛ (erman, Bohairic), ⲗⲉϩⲙⲉⲛ (lehmen, Akhmimic), ϩⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛ (herman, Sahidic),

Noun

رُمَّان • (rummān) m (collective, singulative رُمَّانَة‎ (rummāna))

(uncountable) pomegranate

Declension

Declension of noun رُمَّان (rummān)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّان rummān	الرُّمَّان‎ ar-rummān	رُمَّان rummān
Nominative	رُمَّانٌ rummānun	الرُّمَّانُ‎ ar-rummānu	رُمَّانُ rummānu
Accusative	رُمَّانًا‎ rummānan	الرُّمَّانَ‎ ar-rummāna	رُمَّانَ rummāna
Genitive	رُمَّانٍ rummānin	الرُّمَّانِ‎ ar-rummāni	رُمَّانِ rummāni
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّانَة‎ rummāna	الرُّمَّانَة‎ ar-rummāna	رُمَّانَة‎ rummānat
Nominative	رُمَّانَةٌ‎ rummānatun	الرُّمَّانَةُ‎ ar-rummānatu	رُمَّانَةُ‎ rummānatu
Accusative	رُمَّانَةً‎ rummānatan	الرُّمَّانَةَ‎ ar-rummānata	رُمَّانَةَ‎ rummānata
Genitive	رُمَّانَةٍ‎ rummānatin	الرُّمَّانَةِ‎ ar-rummānati	رُمَّانَةِ‎ rummānati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّانَتَيْن‎ rummānatayn	الرُّمَّانَتَيْن‎ ar-rummānatayn	رُمَّانَتَيْ‎ rummānatay
Nominative	رُمَّانَتَانِ‎ rummānatāni	الرُّمَّانَتَانِ‎ ar-rummānatāni	رُمَّانَتَا‎ rummānatā
Accusative	رُمَّانَتَيْنِ‎ rummānatayni	الرُّمَّانَتَيْنِ‎ ar-rummānatayni	رُمَّانَتَيْ‎ rummānatay
Genitive	رُمَّانَتَيْنِ‎ rummānatayni	الرُّمَّانَتَيْنِ‎ ar-rummānatayni	رُمَّانَتَيْ‎ rummānatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّانَات‎ rummānāt	الرُّمَّانَات‎ ar-rummānāt	رُمَّانَات‎ rummānāt
Nominative	رُمَّانَاتٌ‎ rummānātun	الرُّمَّانَاتُ‎ ar-rummānātu	رُمَّانَاتُ‎ rummānātu
Accusative	رُمَّانَاتٍ‎ rummānātin	الرُّمَّانَاتِ‎ ar-rummānāti	رُمَّانَاتِ‎ rummānāti
Genitive	رُمَّانَاتٍ‎ rummānātin	الرُّمَّانَاتِ‎ ar-rummānāti	رُمَّانَاتِ‎ rummānāti

Derived terms

رُمَّانِيَّة‎ (rummāniyya, “medieval dish made with pomegranate”)

Descendants

Maltese: rummiena
→ Portuguese: romã

References

“nurma”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 142
Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 24–25
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 80–113
Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 54

Persian

Etymology

From French roman.

Noun

رمان • (român)

novel

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